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Shop Talk: Scallywag’s Consignment Furniture
Twenty years ago, before Scallywag’s existed, owner Kerry Webb, a Waynesville native, spent a lot of his youth skateboarding in an indoor park the previous tenants operated in the building. “When the skate park closed down, Scallywag’s moved in and I started working for them as a furniture mover,” he says. “I eventually worked my way up to management before my wife and I decided to buy the business in February of 2023.”
Stroll the Gallery Walk in Downtown Brevard on Fourth Fridays Beginning in May
Brevard’s season of Fourth Friday Gallery Walks launches on Friday, May 24, and runs through December, when it will happen on the third Friday, December 20. This event, sponsored by the Transylvania Community Arts Council, is a collaboration among downtown Brevard businesses, including restaurants, galleries and art studios, that began in 2006.
Seven Quirky but Cool Southern Museums
The South has its fair share of museums dedicated to art, history, and the natural world. While the enrichment and inspiration these institutions provide are vital, the museums devoted to more esoteric interests—cats! kazoos! waffles!—add to the cultural conversation, too. Discover the fun, fantastical, and outright funky displays awaiting at these seven quirky Southern museums.
Tickets On Sale Now for QuickDraw 2024
The event that puts artists in the hot seat—asking them to create a work of art in an hour with an audience—returns to Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville on Saturday, June 15, from 4:30-9 p.m. QuickDraw is all in good fun, raising funds to buy classroom art supplies for Haywood County schools. Besides the live artmaking, festivities include an auction of the artists’ work, demonstrations, a small works gallery and a dinner.
Artist Lynn Follenius Joins Number 7 Arts Gallery
Artist Lynn Follenius has joined Number 7 Arts Gallery, a cooperative art gallery in Brevard. Follenius discovered her passion for art while growing up on the eastern shores of Long Island. “My father’s eclectic and imaginative creativity inspired and enabled me to express myself through exploration and experimentation with no boundaries,” she says. “With each brushstroke, I have delved into the essence of human emotion, thought and spirit to evoke an inspiring and profound sense of empathy, wonder and introspection.”
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